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Crime of 'contagious' behavior in minors
Impulsive boys who lack care, poor families and spoiled friends often have delinquent actions that cause them to be brought to the juvenile court, according to a new stu…
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Children who are raised in glass cages are less likely to be depressed
According to a recent study in the journal
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The truth about hypnosis
A group of multidisciplinary scientists in Finland and Sweden have discovered that strange staring eyes in people in a state of hypnosis can be the answer to help end th…
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Many geniuses have autism expression
A series of outstanding individuals in science, politics and art have achieved success because they have some degree of autism, a leading British psychiatrist insists.
Medicine - Health
The most peculiar mental disorders in medicine
Psychiatry has always been one of the hardest and least-explored specialties of medicine, with hundreds of different types of diseases, syndromes and disorders. Currentl…
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Charles Bonnet hallucination syndrome
Dr Dominic Ffytche of the Royal Institute of Psychiatry at London University and CBS expert reported more than 200,000 cases of the disease in the UK.
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Vaccines help reduce heroin addiction
Researchers at the Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry say they have successfully tested the vaccine on mice and prepared to test it on humans. The heroin-dependent…
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Found the gene responsible for intellect
A new work published in Molecular Psychiatry, specifically shows for the first time what genetic factors influence the depth of thinking.
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Marijuana increases the risk of mental problems
Marijuana users are twice as likely to experience mental problems than those who do not
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Oxtocin increases marriage sustainability
In the journal Biological Psychiatry, a study by Swiss scientists talks about the effectiveness of oxytocin.
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Gambling drugs
Psychiatrists have long suspected a gambling problem, similar to depression and other mental disorders, of genetic origin. Recently, an American researcher found evidenc…
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Employees using the Internet only work concentrated in ... 3 minutes
The Institute of Psychiatry London (UK) claims e-mail and phones affect IQ more than marijuana. Research from the University of California (USA) also showed that the tim…